diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/au8522_decoder.c b/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/au8522_decoder.c
index 9e9a75576a1..74981ee923c 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/au8522_decoder.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/au8522_decoder.c
@@ -792,6 +792,11 @@ static int au8522_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
 	}
 
 	demod_config = kzalloc(sizeof(struct au8522_config), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (demod_config == NULL) {
+		if (instance == 1)
+			kfree(state);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
 	demod_config->demod_address = 0x8e >> 1;
 
 	state->config = demod_config;